From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Provision of a double ball bearing thrust behind the bevel pinion on the propeller shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\1\ Scan236 | |
| Date | 4th November 1920 | |
| X.4150 R.R. 248s (100) T: S.H. 82. 12-7-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2769 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c ETC. X.4150 CHASSIS - PROPELLER SHAFT. ------------------------- NOV 9 C BY13-P4.11.20. RECEIVED. We are very much inclined to think that the question of provision of a double ball bearing thrust behind the bevel pinion is really a feature which we should provide for as soon as possible, and I am certainly of the opinion that we should try and push forward this scheme for consideration as it seems to me that if we were to climb a steep hill backward on a car fitted with the spiral bevels we would be very liable to seize up on the plain thrust, although I must agree that on normal running no trouble is likely to occur. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||